"The Classic 39" is oftentimes the way people refer to The Honeymooners, the 1955 to 1956 sitcom focusing on working-class Brooklyn bus driver Ralph Kramden (Jackie Gleason), his sharp-tongued wife ...
In an idle hour, Jazz Columnist Ralph Gleason of the San Francisco Chronicle staged a tongue-in-cheek interview with a fictional hipster named Shorty Pederstein. His old friend, he reported, had ...
Ralph Newton “Buddy” Gleason Jr., 82, of Townville, passed away peacefully on Feb. 9, 2026, following several years of declining health. Buddy was born to Ralph N. Gleason Sr. and Marjorie Little ...